Hat-retainer.



G. C. WHITE. HAT RETAINER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 5I 1912. 1,068,550.

Patented July 29, 1913.

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Gnome c. WHITE, os rnENToN. NEWJERSEY.

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To aZZf'wii-em may concern.'

Be it 'knoivn 'that GEORGE C. WHITE, a

i citizen'` of 'the United' Statesoii-merica, re-

siding at Trenton, in the county' ot Mlereer and State ot' New'dersey, have invented cer tain new and useful Im rovemen't-sin Hat- Retainers, ovahich the ollowing is a speciiicatiom -This invention relates to hat retainers,.and=

one of the principal objects of the invention -is to provide simple, reliable and eiiicientmeans for holding a ladys hat securely in place `without piercing the hat crown every time the hat is put on, and in which the hat may be removed from the head Without withdrawal of the retainer.- i

The hat pins in common use for retaining ladies hats are objectionable for many reasons, aside from the danger incurred to the vif'earerandothers. Expensive hats are sometimes materially injured by constantlyv piercing the crown, every time the-liat is My hat retainer is permanently secured to the 'hat and is operated to hold the hat in place on the head by giving a slight turn 'to f the retainer button at the side of the hat to v engage the retainer hooks in the hair of the wearer, the hat being readily Adetached by giving the button a partial reverse rotation to disengage the retainer hooks from the hair.

' The objects and-advantages herein referred to may be attained -by means of thecoiistruction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

'Figure 1. is a view oi the back of a ladys 4head#showing a hat. in section and a hat retainei made in accordance with my invention in use. F ig. 2. is a vieiv in section and partial elevation ot the retainer on a larger scale. Fig. 3. is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, looking'in the direc- -'tion ofV thearrow.. and shoivingin dotted sov tainer hooks. Fig. 1L. is an edge vieW of one lines one ot the positions assumed by the reforni of turn button for operating the re tainer. Fige is a plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designatesI a resilient Wire or rod of the rcqiiired gage for its purpose, and firmly con- V*Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationf'lduly 5, 1912. Sel'iaLNO. 707,811.`

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lnected toone'end of said ,vvi is a ltnob or 'head 2. The'knob 2 is 'provi ed with spaced perforations in which the tivo members 3 oftlie retainer hook 4e are secured, with the connected cross bar 5 seated in a` recess to lie flush With the outer surface of the knob 2. The ends 6 of the hooks 4 are blunt pointed or rounded off. The opposite 'end of theV Wire 1 is provided With a blunt point 7, and a portion of the Wire is screw threaded near the end, as at 8. Fitted to the threaded portion 8 is a pair of round nuts, 9, 10, the latter adapted to be adiusted to bear slightly against the inside of vthe hat a, While the nut 9 is designed as a lock nut for preventing the turning of the nut 10. Fitted to the Wire 1 outside the hat is a pair or" similar nuts 11, The nut 11 is'adjustedthe required distance from the hat to permit the Wire to turn freely in the single perforation made in the hat. material, 'and thel lock nut 12 isthen turned up against said nut 11.

A turn button 13, shoivn in Figs. 4 and 5, is iitted to the threaded portion S of the wire 1, and when said button is made of pearl or other ornamental material it mayl be provided with a boss 1i to set the button a slight distance from the. outer sidev of the hat. Then the button '15 is made of metal or composition, a spacing collar l'may be fitted to the Wire l1 to hold the button slightly away from the hat. I

'Fitted to the'end of the Wire lis a hollow guard 17 for the'point 7 of the Wire.

The manner' of attaching and operating the retainer may be briefly ydescribed as fol-A lows: The point 7 is inserted. through a perforntionin the hat. and when the retainery v.The tiii'n button and the guard are then turned onto the end of the ivire. lVhen the hat has been pla-ced.on the head with`th-e ing the button in the opposite direction the hooks 4 are instantly Withdrawn Without disarranging the hair.

' My invention is simple in construction, may be manufactured at low cost, may be inadeornamental, does not destroy or injure iio the hat er muss the imir, isv not` removed after it is piueediji position en a hat, zindlis i epm-ated by a. slight turnef the butteiil,

"TWO retainers mmf be used. `One for ear-eh ugaiii'et the inner wail 0f the erewn of het, :i leek mit orhol'dmgthe nut 1n adjusted position, u nut'i-tted ile ilie'ro'd ferbeariiig V against theA ouside mi" said hat, a lock 'une 1 r 1' -i L i' i0 for holdingrhe hier inenrimied vnut 111 :id-

justed positiorr to prevent 'end'wise movej said last mentioned 106k nut, :1l-turn burton en said rod, Said turnbutton bearing against,

the spacing eoliar anda guarden the o uter4 20 end of the red, said rod adapted to be turned lfer engaging .the said menswitlrthe hair off;

the wearer of the hat, and for dsengaging thesame.--

" Iii tes'timeny whereof I x my signature, 25

in presence of two Witnesses. 

